Presque Isle County, Michigan

Presque Isle County
County
Presque Isle County Courthouse in Onaway
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Michigan
Michigan's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 45°19′N 83°28′W / 45.32°N 83.46°W / 45.32; -83.46
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Founded	1840 (created) 1871 (organized) 1875 (reorganized)[1]
Seat	Rogers City
Largest city	Rogers City
Area
• Total	2,573 sq mi (6,660 km2)
• Land	659 sq mi (1,710 km2)
• Water	1,914 sq mi (4,960 km2)  74%
Population  (2020)
• Total	12,982
• Density	20/sq mi (8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	presqueislecounty.org

Presque Isle County (/ˈprɛskiːl/ PRESK-eel) is a county in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,982.^[2] The county seat is Rogers City.^[3] The county was authorized by state legislative action on April 1, 1840,^[4] but the county government was not established until 1871. The government was reorganized in 1875.^[1]

The name is an anglicisation of the French word presqu'île or presque-isle, which means a peninsula, or literally, "almost an island".^[1] A large part of Presque Isle Township consists of that peninsula, with Lake Huron on the east, Grand Lake on the west, and narrow strips of land connecting it to the mainland at the north and south ends. The community of Presque Isle is near the center of this peninsula.